Manchester local elections
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One third of Manchester City Council is elected each year, followed by one year without election.
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[edit] Political control
Labour 1973 - present
[edit] Council elections
Manchester Council election, 1998
Manchester Council election, 1999
Manchester Council election, 2000
Manchester Council election, 2002
Manchester Council election, 2003
Manchester Council election, 2004 - due to substantial boundary changes, all seats were contested this year
Manchester Council election, 2006
Manchester Council election, 2007
Manchester Council election, 2008
[edit] By-election results
| Hulme By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Mary Murphy | 1,937 | 69.4 | -4.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | James Graham | 561 | 20.1 | +12.5 | |
| Conservative | Paul Kierman | 293 | 10.5 | +3.3 | |
| Majority | 1,376 | 49.3 | |||
| Turnout | 2,791 | 51.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Old Moat By-Election 1 May 1997 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Jeffrey Smith | 3,790 | 51.9 | -15.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Yasmen Zalzala | 1,690 | 22.8 | +12.6 | |
| Conservative | Christopher Brown | 1,256 | 17.0 | +3.3 | |
| Independent | Michael Robinson | 511 | 6.9 | +6.9 | |
| Socialist Labour | Julie White | 163 | 2.2 | +2.2 | |
| Majority | 2,100 | 29.1 | |||
| Turnout | 7,410 | 61.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Cheetham By-Election 24 September 1998 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Qassim Afzal | 1,394 | 48.5 | +4.1 | |
| Labour | Imran Rizvi | 1,342 | 46.6 | -0.1 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Keller | 141 | 4.9 | -2.2 | |
| Majority | 52 | 1.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,877 | ||||
| Liberal Democrat gain from Labour | Swing | ||||
| Bench Hill By-Election 10 June 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Isobel Freeman | 730 | 54.2 | -21.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ann Bradshaw | 529 | 39.3 | +22.2 | |
| Conservative | Brian Bichenough | 88 | 6.5 | +6.5 | |
| Majority | 201 | 14.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,347 | 18.3 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Central By-Election 26 August 1999 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Battle | 758 | 50.1 | -11.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Marc Ramsbottom | 675 | 44.6 | +18.2 | |
| Conservative | Nicholas Davis | 57 | 3.8 | -4.5 | |
| Green | William Kearns | 24 | 1.6 | -2.6 | |
| Majority | 83 | 5.5 | |||
| Turnout | 1,514 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Baguley By-Election 25 January 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Edward McCulley | 685 | 60.0 | -5.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | William Fisher | 241 | 21.1 | +8.8 | |
| Conservative | David Timson | 216 | 18.9 | -1.1 | |
| Majority | 444 | 38.9 | |||
| Turnout | 1,142 | 13.0 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Beswick & Clayton By-Election 10 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Michael Loughman | 1,850 | 61.9 | +15.4 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Elaine Boyes | 988 | 33.0 | -14.8 | |
| Conservative | Richard West | 153 | 5.1 | +0.1 | |
| Majority | 862 | 28.9 | |||
| Turnout | 2,991 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Sharston By-Election 10 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Thomas Judge | 2,170 | 69.8 | -7.1 | |
| Conservative | David Timson | 497 | 16.0 | -3.7 | |
| Liberal Democrat | David Kierman | 440 | 14.2 | +0.6 | |
| Majority | 1,673 | 53.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,107 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Whalley Range By-Election 10 June 2001 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Anthony Dale | 3,266 | 62.4 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Grant | 1,221 | 23.3 | +13.4 | |
| Conservative | John Kershaw | 744 | 14.2 | -13.0 | |
| Majority | 2,045 | 39.1 | |||
| Turnout | 5,231 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Benchill By-Election 13 June 2002 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Ian Wilmott | 440 | 70.5 | +0.6 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ann Bradshaw | 85 | 13.6 | -1.5 | |
| Conservative | Adrian Hutchinson | 67 | 10.7 | +0.7 | |
| Socialist Labour | Mervyn Drage | 32 | 5.1 | +5.1 | |
| Majority | 355 | 56.9 | |||
| Turnout | 624 | 8.8 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Gorton South By-Election 19 October 2006 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal Democrat | Charles Glover | 1,588 | 49.3 | +1.5 | |
| Labour | Julie Reid | 1,208 | 37.5 | +1.7 | |
| British National Party | Derek Adams | 185 | 5.7 | +5.7 | |
| Green | David Mottram | 151 | 4.7 | -3.8 | |
| Conservative | Daniel Valentine | 90 | 2.8 | -5.1 | |
| Majority | 380 | 11.8 | |||
| Turnout | 3,222 | 29.9 | |||
| Liberal Democrat hold | Swing | ||||
